Car-coupling



(ModeL) G. TROUP.

GAR COUPLING. No. 261,184. Patented July 18, 1882;

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

CHARLES TROUP, OF WATSEKA, ILLINOIS.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,184, dated July 18,1882.

Application filed April 29, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES TROUP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Watseka, in the county of Iroquois and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oar-Couplings, ofwhich the followin g is a specifieation,reference being bad therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in ear-couplers; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of the several parts, as will behereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end view, and Fig. 2 is'a partial sideview, of a car having my improved coupler; and in Fig. 3 1 show avertical longitudinal section of the draw-bar; and Fig. 4 shows avertical longitudinal and a transverse section of the drawhead.

a represents the ear.

1) represents the back bar of a casin g secured to under side of car, inwhich is held the drawbar. The bottom plate, I), of this casin g hasformed through it the slot D in which works a pin extended from underside of draw-bar, as will be described.

0 is the draw-bar, placed within the casing, secured on under side ofcar.

0 is a pin projected from bottom of drawbar through the slot b andadapted to limit the forward and back movement of the bar in bumping.

o is a spring arranged to bear between the bar I) and the rear end ofdraw-bar c, and adapted to hold the draw-bar out with pin 0 bearin gagainst forwardend of slot 11 as shown in Fig. 3, and yield to thedraw-bar in the bumping of the ears. The forward end of the draw-bar ismortised to receive the block arranged to be engaged by the link and thecoilspring supporting the said block out under the pin, as shown in Fig.3.

d is the draw-head, secured to draw-bar c. The mouth of this drawbarisproperly rounded to guide the link. d represents a hole cut throughupper and continued through the lower sides of the draw-head near itsrear, and adapted to receive the coupling-pin, as will be described.Through the bottom of the drawhead, near the mouth of the same, I cutthe mortise d. This mortise extends the width of the inner side of thedraw-head and on either side the diameter of the bars of hook forelevating the link, as will be described. In the inner walls of thedraw-head opening, in the mortise (1 I cut the grooves (Z sufficientlydeep to receive the side arms of the hook hereinafter described. I cutopenings (1 in the top of the draw-head, in line with grooves (1 topermit the ends of the hook to pass through.

c is the hook forraising the link. Itis constructed to be seated withits side bars resting and sliding in the grooves d and its bottomworking in the mortise d in bottom of drawhead. This hook, it will beseen, is arranged in front of the coupling-pin, and when the link issecured by the pin it may readily be raised or lowered by the hook, asshown. 6 is a pin passed through hole in one of the side bars of hook,and adapted to prevent the same from falling when not being used. Theside arms and bottom piece of hook are seated in the grooves d d andmortise (P, and are out of the way, and do not interfere with the readyinsertion of the link. One of the side bars of the hook e is providedwith an eye to connect with chain.

f is the coupling-pin, having suitable eye to connect withlifting'chain.

g is the link.

h is a block sliding in mortise in end of drawbar, and supported out inthe position shown in Fig. 3 by spring h.

i is a cleat secured in a vertical position on end of ear, midway itssides, and directly over the draw-bar.

i i are cleats secured to the end of car on either side of and parallelwith cleat 2'.

2' is a staple fixed on cleat i. It is arranged to secure the inner endof the arms for operating the coupling-pin, and to serve as stop tolimit the upward and downward movement of the same.

i is a staple secured to cleat i above staple i This staple i is shorterthan staple '6 as' it is intended to secure the ends of arms foroperating the hook e, and it is not necessary that the hook should heraised as high as the link. These staples are made about as high as thearms hereinafter described are thick, in

order that one of the arms cannot pass the other in the bail.

j is an arm pivoted about its centeron cleat i, and having its outer endextended beyond the side of the car and provided with a handle, and itsopposite end carried through the bail i and bent at right angles,forming the portion j, which is projected over the draw-head with itsend over the hook e. The book 0 and the outer end of portion f areconnected by ehainj 7c is an arm pivoted about midway its length oncleat i and having its outer end extended beyond the side of the car andprovided with a bundle, and its opposite end passed within the bail tand rested under the arm j, so that by pressing the outer end of arm kdownward the arm j will be raised, so that the hook 6 may be raised fromeither side.

j k are arms similarly constructed to arms j 70, and arranged so thattheir ends operate in staple i and properly connected with the pin toraise the same, substantially as shown.

I is a chain extending from arm is to top of car, and secured there, sothe arm 70, and consequently the coupling-pin, may be raised and theuncoupling may be accomplished from roof of car.

I construct both the arms jk with opening, or in some other suitablemanner so the chain I, extending to top of car, may be readily connectedthereto in order to operate either the coupling-pin or the hook efromtop of the ear.

By the construction described it will be seen the coupling-pin or thehook for adjusting the link may be operated from either side of the caror roof of same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the car provided with staples t 6, arranged oneabove the other, the lever-arms j k, pivoted to the end of the car andhaving one end extended beyond the side of the same and their oppositeends passed through the staples i i and connected respectively to thelink-elevating hook and to the coupling-pin, and the lever-arms 70 j,pivoted to the end ofthe car and having one end extended beyond the sideof the same and their opposite ends carried within the staples & t andrested under and in position to raise the ends of leversj 7c in theoperation of the invention, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

2. The combination, substantially as described, with the draw-head d,provided with vertical pin-hole d, and having mortise d cut through itsbottom in front of the said pinhole,and havingvertieal grooves d in itsinner walls and openings 01*, extending from said grooves d through thetop of the draw-head, of the hook 0, having its side arms placed andsliding in the grooves d and through the openings d and its end barworking in mortise (l and having pin a secured to one of its side armsabove the draw-head and connected to rod 7' and adapted to elevate thelink, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES TROUP. WVitnesses:

LYMAN M. J oHNsoN, LURA O. STREAN.

